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White to Play

Pete Tamburro on Aug 5, 2024

Pop quiz for beginners: do you know what to do right this instant without thinking, but knowing? Because these types of positions occur during the end of a game, you usually don’t have much time on the clock left; thus, you really have to know instantly what to do. Do you? If not, learn it!

This was a very practical study by Horwitz in the 1850s 1.g7 Kh7 2.g8=Q+ Kxg8 3.Kg6 gaining the opposition Kh8 4.Kf7 Kh7 5.g6+ Kh6 6.g7 Kh5 7.g8=Q with mate to follow.

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